Gambit Sunday

Unfortunately I did not get to hang around for long at the last Gambit Sunday but from the pictures it looks like it was a good day!

 Bolt Action featured strongly and is rapidly becoming the game of choice for many of our regulars.

 As always MTG was played throughout the day ...

and this month we saw the final game for this round of the blood bowl league being played, with Swifty's Small Order winning 4-1 (although the Sewer Skanks may well claim the touchdown of the series!)

The next round will now start with Barry playing Gary, Swifty playing Michael and Aaron playing Rob. The scores are currently (remember only the top four will play off for the title of champion 2013)

 This month we also had a few new games in Dreadfleet and Grind

The HeroClix guys were back as well playing the first of the Fear Itself events

As for the rest it was a combination of old favourites such as War Machine, 40K, Zombicide and many other board games.

If you attended then thanks for making it a great day, if you missed it hopefully see you at the next one!!!

Gary of Team Gambit

In case you have forgotten today is Gambit Gameday, as usual we will be a the Scout Hut in Vale Park for a full day of gaming starting at 10am and running all day until 10pm. (need directions?)

There is not much organised for this week due to holidays a couple of our events have needed to be rescheduled. So this Sunday will be a very casual day - that said there will still be lots for you to do! There will be some new games with time such as Ticket to Ride the Card Game and the long awaited first play of Dreadfleet - yep after all this time we finally plan to play it!

The guys from Brighton Heroclix will again be with us in the afternoon and will be happy to show you how to play this exciting game!

There will of course be other tables for you to use set up for 40K, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, War Machine to name just a few. In fact if you want a game of almost anything then I am sure there will be someone willing to give it a go!

Food will be on sale as normal, it might be a good idea to book your food when you get there and just let us know when you want to eat, here is the menu in case you don't know what we offer...

If anyone want to arrange a particular game then our facebook page it probably the best place, if we know before hand then we will try and layout the table ready for you.

Hopefully see you all for what should be another great weekend!

Gary of Team Gambit

This Weekend at Gambit

The Sunday its Gambit Gameday, as usual we will be a the Scout Hut in Vale Park for a full day of gaming starting at 10am and running all day until 10pm. (need directions?)

Here are a few of the things planned ....

Firstly Andy is running another Warmachine event which should prove challenging and fun to play for experienced players and new players alike.

We will also be holding our second Lords of War event - last time Olly was crowned the Lord of War - could you take this title from him? We are looking for players to take part in a four round (single game) swiss round event which will start at mid day! There is no charge for this event but we do have a copy of the new Elves vs Lizardmen to give away to the eventual winner! There are currently 4 different races to choose from or if you would prefer make a mercenary force with the best cards from both box sets!

For more details see ... 

http://gambitgamesuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-lords-of-war-tournament.html

The guys from Brighton Heroclix will again be with us in the afternoon and will be happy to show you how to play this exciting game!

As a preview to the X-Wing tournament being held this October we will be running a second small game which will offer players a chance to get involved early and maybe have an impact on the events that will unfold later in the year when players will have the chance to retell the Star Wars story there own way! This time we have something from A New Hope! 

To have a look at the rules go to ... 

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3wNL6YTcSR1ZU4yN2pzc3ZSWHM/edit?usp=sharing

There will of course be other tables for you to use set up for 40K, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, War Machine to name just a few. In fact if you want a game of almost anything then I am sure there will be someone willing to give it a go!

Food will be on sale as normal, it might be a good idea to book your food when you get there and just let us know when you want to eat, here is the menu in case you don't know what we offer...

If anyone want to arrange a particular game then our facebook page it probably the best place, if we know before hand then we will try and layout the table ready for you.

Hopefully see you all for what should be another great weekend!

Gary of Team Gambit

This weekend at Gambit!

The Sunday its Gambit Gameday, as usual we will be a the Scout Hut in Vale Park for a full day of gaming starting at 10am and running all day until 10pm. (need directions?)

Here are a few of the things planned ....

Firstly its the 40K singles tournament, its the first one that we have held at our new hall and we have changed things from our previous ones. This format is designed to represent small skirmish battles set on the planet of "Tanith", there is still time to register for this event so if you want to play then let us know! If you have never entered an event before then this could be the one for you! For more details on this have a look at : http://gambitgamesuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/this-coming-gambit-gameday-on-sunday.html

The guys from Brighton Heroclix will again be with us in the afternoon and will be happy to show you how to play this exciting game!

As a preview to the X-Wing tournament being held this October we will be running a small game which will offer players a chance to get involved early and maybe have an impact on the events that will unfold later in the year when players will have the chance to retell the Star Wars story there own way! See http://gambitgamesuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/x-wing-tournament-date-announced.html for more details on the tournament. We will be posting some more details on this scenario later this week so watch this space!

For the MTG players among you we will be offering players the chance to unique draft - we will be drafting 'guild' packs! This event will be open to 8 players and will cost just £6 per player (that's just £2 per booster)! All players will get a promo Maze's End and foil basic land for playing! There will be a promo 'Render Silent' for the winner! There will be more details on this event including times on the Kids Dreams Blog later in the week!

There will of course be other tables for you to use set up for 40K, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, War Machine to name just a few. In fact if you want a game of almost anything then I am sure there will be someone willing to give it a go!

Food will be on sale as normal, it might be a good idea to book your food when you get there and just let us know when you want to eat, here is the menu in case you don't know what we offer...

If anyone want to arrange a particular game then our facebook page it probably the best place, if we know before hand then we will try and layout the table ready for you.

Hopefully see you all for what should be another great weekend!

Gary of Team Gambit

This Weekend at Gambit

The Sunday its Gambit Gameday, as usual we will be a the Scout Hut in Vale Park for a full day of gaming starting at 10am and running all day until 10pm. (need directions?)

Here are a few of the things planned ....

Firstly its the MTG Dragon's Maze Gameday and we have events scheduled for both Saturday and Sunday, for more details on this have a look at : http://kidsdreamstoys.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/dragons-maze-game-day.html

The guys from Brighton Heroclix will again be with us in the afternoon and will be happy to show you how to play this exciting game they are also planning a sealed event next weekend, see : http://gambitgamesuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/teen-titans-go-sealed-event.html

We are running a very small X-Wing event as a pre-runner to an event that we are planning for later in the year. We need about 6 or 8 players to make this a good fun morning and help us test some scenarios fro the main event. For more details see : http://gambitgamesuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/x-wing-mini-tournament.html

As part of our Rangers programme we will be running some small Flames of War demonstration games, so if  you have ever wanted to play this system but have not had chance to look at the rules then maybe this weekend is you opportunity!

There will of course be other tables for you to use set up for 40K, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, War Machine to name just a few. In fact if you want a game of almost anything then I am sure there will be someone willing to give it a go!

Food will be on sale as normal, it might be a good idea to book your food when you get there and just let us know when you want to eat, here is the menu in case you don't know what we offer...

If anyone want to arrange a particular game then our facebook page it probably the best place, if we know before hand then we will try and layout the table ready for you.

Barry and Michael and Swifty and Aaron will hopefully get some time to play their games for the blood bowl league. There is still time for players to join in with this league if they get teams sorted for the weekend!

Hopefully see you all for what should be another great weekend!

Gary of Team Gambit

This Sunday's Gameday

The Sunday its Gambit Gameday, as usual we will be a the Scout Hut in Vale Park for a full day of gaming starting at 10am and running all day until 10pm.

Here are a few of the things planned ....

Firstly its the MTG Dragon's Maze Prerelease weekend so starting at 10am will be an event that is open to 36 players, for more details on this have a look at : http://gambitgamesuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/dragons-maze_22.html. This event is very popular and is likely to sell out so if your interested contact us soon.

This will finish at about 4:30pm and will be followed by a Intro Deck battle which will be open to upto 10 players and will allow you to purchase and play with one of the new Intro Decks a week before they are release!

In the evening there will be a draft to finish the prerelease weekend which will start at about 7pm and should be all finished for about 9:30pm. This event will cost £10 and can be booked in advance.

The guys from Brighton Heroclix will be spending the day demonstrating this exciting system. They have got some prepared team ready to use, so if you have ever thought of giving this game  go then now could be the time, see : http://gambitgamesuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/hero-clix-demos.html

Black Box will be there as well with some samples of the new Elves vs Lizardmen for players to have a look at as well as offering the chance for anyone that has not played the game before the chance to learn the rules. They will hopefully be there for the day and get the chance to join in some of the other games on offer!

There will of course be other tables for you to use set up for 40K, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, War Machine to name just a few. In fact if you want a game of almost anything then I am sure there will be someone willing to give it a go!

Food will be on sale as normal, but with such a big attendance expected for the prerelease then it would be a good idea to book your food when you get there, here is the menu in case you don't know what we offer...

If anyone want to arrange a particular game then our facebook page it probably the best place, if we know before hand then we will try and layout the table ready for you.

Barry and Michael and Swifty and Aaron will hopefully get some time to play their games for the blood bowl league. There is still time for players to join in with this league if they get teams sorted for the weekend!

Hopefully see you all for what should be another great weekend!

Gary of Team Gambit

March at Gambit Games

March was a busy month for Gambit as well as testing for our demo game at Salute which is due in just a few days time (more to be posted about this soon!) we have had quite high turnout at our weekly 'Skirmish Tuesday' which has seen a lot of board games being played along with a MTG Unhinged draft and the return of Caspar very popular MTG cube!

In Kids Dreams we have had the first every Cardfight Vanguard Trio event which was one by Team Top Five!!! This month it will be the store qualifier so it offers teams the chance to qualify for Nationals later in the year! We also celebrated Table Top Day with a day dedicated to playing some of the best board games currently available!

The Young Guns have been playing a lot of 40K and the campaign has progress well with the Eldar currently dominating the games!

Sunday 31st March was not only Easter Sunday but also a Gambit Games Game Day!!!

A big thank you to everyone that attended and making it such a fun day and playing an impressive 19 different game systems! At one point in the day every one of our 12 tables table had something different on it. Despite our concerns about running the holiday keeping attendance low, it was actually one of our highest turnouts!

Board games were very popular throughout the day with classics such as Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, Pandemic and Carcasonne all getting a lot of new players!

Our youngest player Lily (aged 7) joins in with Ticket to Ride

Zombicide was again a popular game this month seeing players working together to beat the zombie horde!

The guys from Brighton Heroclix were with us again, this time with a 'Hulk' themed game! Next month they will be running some demo games for new players, so if you have thought about giving it a try know just might be the time!

We also held our first ever Dungeon Command event (A trial format, with more planned for later in the year!) which attracted players of all ages and saw Aaron crowned 'Lord of the Dungeon'

Table top miniatures games were still the most played games on the day with players competing in almost all formats, 40K, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Flames of War, Bolt Action, War Machine

MTG, Pokemon and Vanguard were all played throughout the day and with no event this month gave the opportunity for some multi player games and some tutorials for new players!

All in all a great day, lots of gaming with players of all ages and experiences, a great way to enjoy a bank holiday weekend!

A slightly quieter month on the blog, but here a a couple of articles that you may have missed ....

Delve in to Duskmantle - an MTG article by John

Nurgle Inspiration - a 40K painting article by Gareth

Blue Jund - Our first article from Gambit Games NZ by Andrew

Blood Bowl Update

Bolt Actions Increasing Popularity by Barry

Rangers Lead the Way - An update by Barry

Hopefully we will see you all at the next game day or maybe one of our Skirmishes at Kids Dreams. Next month we will have the MTG Dragon's Maze pre-release (tickets for which can be purchased online NOW). Kids Dreams will be there as normal along with Onslaught Games so if you want anything please get in touch!

Gary of Team Gambit